Education
University of Southern California.
University of Southern California.
Leigh made over 130 appearances in motion pictures of the era, mainly in supporting roles. He appeared in the cult science fiction movie World Without End as "Doctor Gailbraithe." Later in his career he appeared mainly on television, such as in the 1955 anthology drama series Police Call and in popular television shows such as "Perry Mason", Bonanza and The Federal Bureau of Investigation and in a 1950 episode (#21) of the television series,The Lone Ranger Leigh tended to play authority figures such as military officers and clergymen, but also played roles varied as Jesus Christ in a Christian film The Living Bible. Leigh also played the Apostle Paul in the "Life of Saint Paul" series and again in the "Acts of the Apostles" series.
In 1954, he played a priest, Father Kerrigan, in the western film, Jesse James v. the Daltons.
He made many appearances in the Christian television anthology series, This Is the Life. In 1949, he portrayed the Ghost of Christmas Past in a notoriously low-budgeted half-hour television version of Charles Dickens"s A Christmas Carol, with Vincent Price as narrator and Taylor Holmes as Ebenezer Scrooge.
Leigh was a graduate of the University of Southern California, class of 1929.
